Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Liverpool City Council · Regional or local authority
- Suppliers
- Alphabiolaboratories Analytical Limited SME, Anglia DNA Services Ltd SME, DNA Legal Ltd SME
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Health & social care · Services provided by medical laboratories (CPV 85145000)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date7 Jul 2025
- Published31 Jul 2025Published 24 days after the contract date
Description
You are invited by Liverpool City Council on behalf of the Liverpool City Region to submit a tender for inclusion on a Framework Agreement for DNA, Drugs and Alcohol Testing Services. \r The framework will be available for the use of Liverpool City Council and all Liverpool City Region Local Authorities including Sefton Borough Council, Wirral Borough Council, St Helens Borough Council, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Halton Borough Council. \r \r The Liverpool City Region Local Authorities must meet a range of statutory obligations to ensure that decisions about children are made using robust information. Often this information is obtained through a range of forensic tests and expert assessments to support care planning decisions. \r Forensic testing (a term used to cover DNA, drug and alcohol testing) are used to help inform decision making, particularly in regard to the safeguarding of children. These tests are typically carried out before going to court, during care proc…
About the suppliers
Alphabiolaboratories Analytical Limited: every public contract they have won.
Anglia DNA Services Ltd: every public contract they have won.
DNA Legal Ltd: every public contract they have won.